Easel attachment.



Patented Aug. 22

B. S. BLYTHING. EASEL ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

rm: NORRIS P511015 00. PHDYD-LIVNO. WASNINGTON, n. a.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

ROBERT s. BLYTHING, OF WALTON, NEW YORK.

EASEL ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631 ,483, dated August 22, 1899.

I Application filed December 7, 189 8. $erial1l'o. 698,544. (No model.) i

To all'whom, it Tit/Ly concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. BLYTHING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walton, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Study-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for easels, &c.; and its object, among other things, is to provide a studyholder of simple and economic construction which may be readily attached, detached, and adjusted and which is adapted to hold the study adjacent to the easel and in any desired position.

To these ends the invention consists in providing a rack or clamp-bars of peculiar construction adapted to either clamp the edge of or supporta study and is suspended by suitable means, as cords, from an easel.

The invention further consists in providing an arm whereby the holder may be held suspended off either side of the easel and to provide means for retaining said arm and holder in suspended position.

The invention also consists in the further novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter more'fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, in which- Figure 1. is a side elevation showing the holder suspended at one side of the easel. Fig. 2 illustrates another-way of using the holder. Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan View of the clamp-bar, and Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the catch detached.

Referring to said figures by letters of reference, A A are the clamp-bars of the holder and are hinged together on their upper edges, preferably near each end, as at a. Adjacent to the hinges are preferably coiled springs B, secured at opposite ends to said bars and adapted to hold them gether.

Eyes 0 are secured tothe upper surfaces of the bars, said eyes being arranged, preferably, as shown in Fig. 4, to prevent slipping normally pressed to-' of a cord D, adapted to be received by said eyes, as is shown in dotted lines in said Fig.

4. Said cord then passes upward, forming a triangular portion, as shown, and terminating in a single cord, the end of which may be attached to an eye at or other device preferably secured to the top of the easel.

An arm E,of wire or other suitable material, is provided. Said arm has an eye at each end, one of which, e, passes through the eye of a screw f or other device secured to 'the supporting-leg F of the easel, while the opposite eye e is preferably formed by coiling the end of the arm upon itself, so as to permit the cord D to be'placed therein by passing it between the coils, and thereby obviate the necessity of removing the entire holder when it is desired to attach the arm thereto. Itis, however, of course obvious that any form of eye and arm can be used.

Secured to the outer edge of one of thelegs G of the easel is a catch H of peculiar construction. This catch consists, preferably, merely of a wire bent as shown in Fig. 5 and secured at one end by suitable means to a leg G of the easel. The catch is adapted to rest upon the arm E and hold the same at a desired distance from the front of the easel by placing a suitable notch upon the arm. The clamp-bars A can then be opened out and the upper edge of the study placed therein.

. When the bars A are released, they will securely clamp the edge of the study therebetween and hold the same suspended, as in Fig. 1.

It is obvious that two catches H may beused, one being secured to each easel-leg G. This would permit the holder to be suspendedeither at the right or left of the easel, as desired.

In Fig. 2 the holder is shown resting upon the easel and supporting a study. To accomplish this, hooked pins I are provided, said pins being fastened to the front clamp-bar, near each end thereof, forming a bracket. In using the holder in this position the arm E should be detached from the cord D, as hereinbefore described, and will then hang from the easel until it is again desired to place the holder in the position shown in Fig. 1, or

can be entirely removed from the easel. In

any height by simply drawing up the cord I) and knotting the same behind the eye (I.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may he made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In astudy-holder the combination of the clamp-bars, the cord secured thereto and the arm for engagement with said cord, all substantially as described.

2. In a study-holder the combination of the clamp-bars, springs secured thereto, the cord secured to said bars, an arm, for engagement with said cord, and a catch for retaining said arm in proper position, substantially as described.

23. In a study-holder the combination of the hinged bars, A, springs secured thereto and retaining them in normally-closed position, eyes on said bars, substantially as described, a cord retained in said eyes and adapted to be secured to an easel, an arm adapted to be secured to said easel at one end and to engage with said cord at the opposite end, and a catch adapted to be secured to a leg of said easel and engage with said arm, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT S. BLY'IHING.

Witnesses:

TIMOTHY SANDERSON, CYRUS B. LINCOLN. 

